Local English word record

troubled

adjective · 2 senses

characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination

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Examples

  • effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive
  • riotous times
  • these troubled areas
  • the tumultuous years of his administration
  • a turbulent and unruly childhood

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Synonyms

disruptive, riotous, tumultuous, turbulent

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